Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea began a period of rapid intensification late in the day on 09 June 2023, reaching Category 3 intensity by 12 UTC on 10 June (SATCON) — EUMETSAT Meteosat-9 Visible (0.64 µm) and Infrared Window (10.8 µm) images (above) showed Biparjoy during the 0100-1330 UTC... Read More
April 22, 2023: Happy Earth Day! The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. The idea was conceived by then Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson and an estimated 20 million Americans participated on that first day, which was approximately 10% of the US population back then. You can read... Read More
US Space Force EWS-G1 (formerly GOES-13) Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed Category 3 Cyclone Freddy making landfall along the east coast of Madagascar on 21 February 2023.According to products from the CIMSS Tropical Cyclones site, during the 12-15 hours leading up to landfall Freddy was traversing warm water with Sea Surface Temperature... Read More
US Space Force EWS-G1 — formerly GOES-13 — Infrared Window (10.7 µm) images (above) showed Cyclone Freddy in the South Indian Ocean, after it re-intensified to a Category 4 storm at 0000 UTC on 15 February 2023. Freddy then briefly peaked at 145 knots at 0000 UTC on 16 February... Read More
